1st Edition
Governing Insecurity in Japan The Domestic Discourse and Policy Response
Introduction, Wilhelm Vosse, Reinhard Drifte, Verena Blechinger-Talcott Part I: Societal and Individual Dimension 1. Threat Perception and Japan’s Anti-Militarism, Wilhelm Vosse 2. Threats Foreign and Domestic: How the Japanese Public Balances Between the Two, Paul Midford 3. Friend and Foe: Juxtaposing Japan’s Migration Discourses, Gabriele Vogt 4. Can tabukayosei be a Public Philosophy of Integration? A Political-theoretical Perspective on Immigration and Security in Japan, Takashi Kibe 5. Securitizing Food in Japan: Global Crises, Domestic Problems and a Neoliberal State, Hiroko Takeda Part II: International and Economic Dimension 6. Indispensable Future Workforce or Internal Security Threat? Securing Japan’s Future and Immigration, David Chiavacci 7. Feelings of Insecurity: Japanese Reactions to Chinese Investments in Japan, Reinhard Drifte 8. Effective for Peace? JSDF Peacekeeping Operations since 1992, Garren Mulloy
Biography
Wilhelm Vosse is Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the International Christian University, Japan.
Reinhard Drifte is Emeritus Professor of Japanese Politics at Newcastle University, UK.
Verena Blechinger-Talcott is Professor in the Department of Japanese Studies at Berlin Free University, Germany.
"Governing Insecurity in Japan is for those seeking a broader overview of the security challenges Japanese perceive themselves to be facing in the twenty-first century...Governing Insecurity in Japan provides a great breadth of consideration of how Japanese in the 21st century view their and Japan’s security...the volume collectively makes an important and lasting contribution." - Andrew L. Oros, Washington College, Pacific Affairs: Volume 88, No. 4 – December 2015
